U.N. - C24 on Decolonization

By kekula@aloha.net (Ho`okele Hawai`i). 13 March, 1997.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

(quick note) It's been some time, sorry about the Tahiti action, found the
communications completely controlled by government and extreme difficulty
getting online. However by the end of the visit we successfully got an account
and computors configured for Hiti Tau an Indigenous NGO of about 50 independence
organizations. Check out a small site we did at http://hookele.com/hititau or
mail them at: hititau@mail.pf. Their leaders' name is: Gaby Tetiarahi. Great
warriors there too - wish we could all come together sometime.

AND, CRITICAL SITUATION AT THE UN GA (United Nations General Assembly in NY
this week) FOR THOSE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PLIGHT TOWARDS DECOLONIZATION!!!

I have just this evening received the following notice from a diplomat (who is
indigenous) at the General Assembly:

"my dearest sister the US and UK are certainly pushing hard to kill the
decolonisation committee (C24). I think we need warrior net to put out an alert
that the 'colonial administrative powers' are not interested in the UN pursuing
the Declaration to eradicate colonialism by the
year 2000 and to fulfill the Charter of the UN. We go to the vote this week at
the Plenary of the GA."

Does anyone have any ideas on how to affect some difference here? Many of you
have been working on this end of the issues facing Indigenous Peoples. What are
the consequences of such a decision and how can we do anything about it?

Our sovereign and indigenous wisdom is where the answers all are and many of you
are attorneys and doctors with great experience and expertise. Your voice is
needed and appreciated.

Brothers and Sisters - recall, our UN action last year took them by surprise
because of our Indigenous family who was with us not only through letters and
responses, moreover through prayer and ceremony. I just want to share for a
moment the sense of deep love and honor I felt when I would see my brothers and
sisters there (inside the UN) crying when they would read our brothers and
sisters' letters from the outside. It was real strong inside me, an
understanding from the ancestors voices, that we can do the things we need to in
sacred ways, this is the foundation we all walk upon.

And, I want to recall - that the governments were completely un-accustomed to
the world especially Our world - knowing what they were doing in real time on
such a large scale. Our NetWarrior list is nearly 1,000 and we call upon it
only in critical moments. Here a brother has let us know what they are doing
again. Can we make a shift? Before they they go to do it?

Malama Ala a ka Manu a me Malama Pono,

PS: Note from the Blackfoot to Netwarriors has just come in - an Urgent request
for legal assistance... please write: Long Standing Bear Chief
<blkfoot4@3rivers.net>